diff --git a/Overview-of-Switch-Game-Formats.md b/Overview-of-Switch-Game-Formats.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b9fd70 --- /dev/null +++ b/Overview-of-Switch-Game-Formats.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +In Short: +**Use XCIs for gamecards, NSPs for anything else. You need encryption keys which you can [dump with our guide](https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu/wiki/Dumping-Decryption-Keys-from-a-Switch-Console)** + +### Short Descriptions of Yuzu-supported Formats +- XCI: Represents a dump of a game cartridge. Contains icons, metadata, and a switch game. Sometimes contains updates to the game as well. *Used For:* Dumps of Gamecards you own +- NSP: Contains all of the files and data needed to display icons, a title and a game. +*Used For*: Dumps of SD and NAND games +- NCA: A raw format that can contain a multitude of things (most similar to a ZIP file on your computer) +*Used For*: System Archives +- Deconstructed Rom Directory: An NCA that has been expanded into its component parts. +*Used For*: Developers and Power Users with more advanced applications +- NSO/NRO Homebrew: Cool and neat applications made unofficially by members of the community + +### Here is an overall diagram of what each format contains: +![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/451185149032529930/482693990240485429/Switch_Game_Formats.jpg) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Overview-of-Switch-game-formats.md b/Overview-of-Switch-game-formats.md deleted file mode 100644 index cfc6f07..0000000 --- a/Overview-of-Switch-game-formats.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/451185149032529930/482693990240485429/Switch_Game_Formats.jpg) - -- XCI: Represents a dump of a game cartridge. Contains icons, metadata, and a switch game. Sometimes containes updates to the game as well. - - Use: Dumps of Gamecards you own -- NSP: Contains all of the files and data needed to display icons, a title and a game. - - Use: Dumps of SD and NAND games -- NCA: A raw format that can contain a multitude of things (most similar to a ZIP file on your computer) - - Use: System Archives -- Deconstructed Rom Directory: An NCA that has been expanded into its component parts. - - Use: Developers and Power Users with more advanced applications -- NSO/NRO Homebrew: Cool and neat applications made unofficially by members of the community \ No newline at end of file